Sycorax silacea Haliday, 1839

Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen, 2019, New records of Norwegian Psychodidae, with the first description of the female of Trichosepedon balkanicum (Krek, 1970) comb. nov., Norwegian Journal of Entomology 66, pp. 1-10 : 2

Sycorax silacea Haliday in Curtis, 1839

Material examined. HORDALAND: Bergen, Milde , Arboretet, Mørkevatnet , 60.251183°N, 5.2554517°E, 19. VI.2012, 1♂, leg. G.Kvifte. Bergen, Sanddalsbotnen, 60.342887°N, 5.387638°E, 5. VI.2017, 26♂♂ 7♀♀, leg. G.Kvifte. Bergen, Fantoft, Hundetjørna, 60.340525°N, 5.350002°E, 10. VI.2017, 3♂♂, leg. G.Kvifte. Lindås, Vollom, Bøkeskogen, 60.638125°N, 5.214220°E, 18. VI.2016, 1♀, leg. Bergen Insektklubb. Kvinherad, Varaldsøy, Barlinda, 60.1302917°N, 6.0046778°E, 10. VI.2016, 1♂ 1♀, G.Kvifte leg. SOGN OG FJORDANE: Luster, Ulveskogen , 61.447095°N, 7.46586°E, 24. VI.2017, 1♂, leg. G.Kvifte. TELEMARK: Seljord , Gullnesvegen , 59.4912°N, 8.61129°E, 28–30. VI.2017, 14 spec, leg. G.Kvifte.

Remarks. Prior to this study, the only published records of S. silacea from Norway were those given by Andersen (1992). Although red-listed in Finland (J. Salmela, pers.comm.), this species turns out to be quite numerous and widespread in at least Western Norway. This is probably due to a preference for warm winters, given that most of the localities reported here are coastal.